Page 85 of The War is Coming

Hephaestus hugged him back. “Father.”

Zeus pulled back. “Come and meet my Battle.”

Battle stepped forward.

“Battle, this is my son, Hephaestus. Hephaestus, meet my fated mate, Battle Barbuda.”

Battle smiled. “It’s lovely to meet you and slightly surreal.”

Hephaestus laughed. “Thank you. It’s lovely to meet you as well. I have a gift for you. I’m sorry I’m only giving it to you now, but I’ve just finished making it.”

“Oh wow, thank you,” Battle said.

Hephaestus held his hand out, and a sword appeared. It was three feet long of shining silver metal; the handle was shaped like a cross, with a green stone in the middle.

Hephaestus handed it to Battle, who took it reverently. Battle gasped as the green stone brightened for a moment.

“This is amazing, thank you.”

“This sword will cut through anything and everything and will never dull. The stone in the middle is a mind stone; it will come when you call it.”

“Really?” Battle asked.

“It will. Let me have it for a moment and walk to the other side of the room.”

He handed the sword back to Hephaestus and walked to the far wall.

“Now call your sword to you. Just think of the sword coming to you.”

Battle grinned and thought of his sword. The next moment it flew out of Hephaestus's hand and into Battle’s.

“Oh wow. Thank you so much,” he said, walking over and hugging him. “This is amazing.” Battle pulled back and looked at Zeus. “Look at my amazing sword; it’s completely stunning.”

Zeus looked at him and smiled. “It is perfect,” he said, looking at his son. “Thank you for this. I was going to ask you to make something special for him.”

“Good, now that’s out of the way, let’s eat,” Athena said.

Dinner was coming to an end when Battle had a thought. “Hephaestus, do you know where your spear is? If not, can you describe it to me?”

Hephaestus frowned. “I have no idea where it is. Why do you want it?”

“A demon is trying to find it to kill all you gods and the three paranormal kings. He wants to use it to start a war. Needless to say, none of us want that to happen.”

Hephaestus held his hand out, and a small wooden spear appeared. He handed it to Battle. “It looks like this, but in gold and about four feet long. It has these markings on it.”

Battle studied the wooden replica. “Thank you, now we know what to look for.”

“It can shrink down to that size,” Hephaestus pointed to the wooden spear.

“Got it. Hopefully we’ll find it first.”

“I can look for it as well. Everything I make has my energy in it. I can follow it and try and locate it.”

“You’ve made a lot of things,” Athena pointed out.

“I didn’t say it would be a quick search.”

Battle raised his goblet. “Good luck.”